Powermac 6100 Dead Mouse

I have a 6100 and the adb mouse has stopped moving the cursor. The keyboard still works and I can open files etc. I have tried several mice, and several keyboards. I am fairly sure it is not an extensions problem as I have booted up from 2 different hard drives. Ok, here is what may have happened, (prepare to insert slow shaking of head here), it might have gotten wet due to a leaky humidifier on the furnace prior to the onset of problems. Is there a fuse or something that could short out on the adb bus? Why would the keyboard function but not the mouse?
Any thoughts? I still use the 6100 for the kids and as a printer server for using my old serial laserprinter with a G4 Imac.
Thanks, Colin

MC,
I think Grant may be right about buying another mouse but if that does not work, you will have a true mystery on your hands.
You ask "what kind of idiot lets his computer get wet?"
I will tell you. A graduate student brought her laptop into the store and said that two years of her phd thesis was on her laptop hard drive and it would not work. The tech opened the laptop and water ran out. The HDD would not work in a repair sled so he opened the hard drive and water ran out. He started up the drive again and recovered the data. He also made a backup copy.
The store is long gone but the memories live on. What happened? She would take her laptop out to the car, leave it in the freezing cold, haul it into a warm house, back to the car, into school, around campus and home again. It had filled up with condensation. I think she learned her lesson about backing up files.
Jim

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